In this episode of Screentone Club, Elliot and Andy get tossed into the scrapheap world of Battle Angel Alita and then into the much harsher world of real life in Shut-In Shoutarou Kominami Takes On the World!Apologies for Elliot's audio this episode: he was trying to improve it during the recording and made it sound worse. Oops!###Series Discussed: Shut-In Shoutarou Kominami Takes On the World. Battle Angel Alita###Assignments for next Episode: Giant Spider & Me: A Post-Apocalyptic Tale, DanzaIf you enjoy this episode, please consider backing us on Patreon - from only US$1 a month you get bonus episodes and other perks as well, including the ability to vote on topics for us to cover!Timecodes:0:00:45 - Old Man Chat0:02:00 - Bonus Episode Topic for March! 0:03:45 - Returning Champions: After Hours! 0:06:00 - Get a feeling so complicated0:09:30 - “Complex emotional equation”0:12:45 - We are tastemakers??0:14:45 - Boarding School Juliet! 0:16:30 - Shrugging at Manga0:17:45 - “At Capacity with High School Stories”0:18:15 - WARNING: MENTION OF ISEKAI0:19:15 - Elliot’s Pick: Shut-In Shoutarou Kominami Takes On the World! 0:22:30 - Wild whiplash (and hatred of hairdressers)0:24:45 - Divergance of opinion! 0:28:00 - Undercutting yourself, making the paranoia real0:31:30 - No matter how you look at it, this manga title is too long0:34:30 - Andy’s Pick: Battle Angel Alita! 0:38:00 - “Like a Western Comic”0:39:45 - Elliot’s consternation! 0:40:45 - Elliot
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